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Ὀρέστης
ἰὼ Γᾶ καὶ Ζεῦ πανδερκέτα
βροτῶν, ἴδετε τάδ᾽ ἔργα φόνι-
α μυσαρά, δίγονα σώματ᾽ ἐν
1180χθονὶ κείμενα πλαγᾷ
χερὸς ὑπ᾽ ἐμᾶς, ἄποιν᾽ ἐμῶν
πημάτων ...
* Ἠλέκτρα
δακρύτ᾽ ἄγαν, ὦ σύγγον᾽, αἰτία δ᾽ ἐγώ.
διὰ πυρὸς ἔμολον ἁ τάλαινα ματρὶ τᾷδ᾽,
ἅ μ᾽ ἔτικτε κούραν. Χορός
1185ἰὼ τύχας, σᾶς τύχας,
μᾶτερ τεκοῦσ᾽ ἄλαστα,
ἄλαστα μέλεα καὶ πέρα
παθοῦσα σῶν τέκνων ὑπαί.
πατρὸς δ᾽ ἔτεισας φόνον δικαίως.
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